Rig Veda 10.19.8: Mandala 10, Sukta 19, Mantra 8
Sukta 10.19
Rishi: RV 10.19 is traditionally linked with protective/restorative formulas; specific r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī should be verified in the target metadata source.
Devata: Nivartana (the reversing power; apotropaic turning-away of enas)
Chandas: Gāyatrī/Anuṣṭubh mix is possible in Book 10; verify metrical count for this verse in the chosen edition.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
आ निवर्तन वर्तय नि निवर्तन वर्तय । भूम्याश्चतस्रः प्रदिशस्ताभ्य एना नि वर्तय ॥
Transliteration
ā nívartana vartaya ní nívartana vartaya | bhūmyā́ś cátasraḥ pradíśas tā́bhya enā́ ní vartaya ||
Translation
Wende zurück — o Macht der Rückkehr — wende zurück; wende zurück, wende zurück. Aus den vier Himmelsrichtungen der Erde, aus all jenen Gegenden, wende diese Fehlbewegungen, diese Sünden, von uns ab.
Word by Word
आhither; towards (as a preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) अथवा आ (अव्यय)
निवर्तनturning back; return
निवर्तन:
Karma (क्रियाविशेषणवत् लक्ष्य/क्रियाफल)
TypeNoun (verbal noun/infinitival use)
Root√वृत् (वर्तने) + नि- (उपसर्ग) → निवर्तन (कृदन्त/नाम)
वर्तयturn (it/them); cause to turn
वर्तय:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्तने) → वर्तय (णिच् causative)
निdown; back; in (as a preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
निवर्तनturning back; return
निवर्तन:
Karma (क्रियाविशेषणवत्)
TypeNoun (verbal noun/infinitival use)
Root√वृत् (वर्तने) + नि- → निवर्तन
वर्तयturn (it/them); cause to turn
वर्तय:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्तने) → वर्तय (णिच् causative)
भूम्याःof the earth
भूम्याः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
चतस्रःfour
चतस्रः:
Kartā (with implied ‘प्रदिशः’)
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootचतस्/चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रदिशःdirections; quarters
प्रदिशः:
Kartā (those to be turned/affected; syntactically subject with numeral)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदिश् (प्रातिपदिक) < प्र- + √दिश् (दिशने)
ताभ्यःfrom those (directions)
ताभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
एनाम्her; this (female one)
एनाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएना (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘this/that (f.)’)
निback; down (preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वर्तयturn (her) back; cause to return
वर्तय:
(क्रिया) —
TypeVerb
Root√वृत् (वर्तने) → वर्तय (णिच् causative)
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